Search form

You are here

Corrections

Corrections and Clarifications

The Journal strives to give an accurate account of news and events pertaining to Queen’s University. Each piece of information is thoroughly fact-checked by a team of trained reporters and editors. With that in mind, mistakes are inevitable. When a clarification or correction is necessary, it will be posted here as well as published in the following print issue for articles that appeared in print. The online version of the article will also be appended with a note that describes the change.

An earlier version of this article stated that the AMS Assembly decided to vote using a secret ballot. This was incorrect, as written votes were all signed by members and will be published to the AMS website as soon as possible.

The article has been updated to state that their was no secret ballot in the election.

Clarifcation has been provided on Kornak's comments towards the Peer Support Centre. Team ECN would support a student fee in a referendum if that was something looking to be brought forward in the future by the PSC, rather than a user fee.

We erroneously used the descriptor “brownface” to describe Craig Draeger in the video based off the anonymous tumblr page attributed in the article. The use of "brownface" makeup in the video is not a fact and we misreported presenting it as one.

This article originally stated that Bikes and Boards recieved $2000 of the promised $2500 grant from the AMS Board of Directors. The article has been updated to reflect they have recieved the full $2500.

The article said the Queen’s University United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Youth Training Seminar was going to be held at the Isabel Bader Centre. The article has been updated to reflect it will be hosted in Ellis Hall.

For uninsured students, the article originally said that Student Wellness Services cost $123.13 for a half-hour counselling session. The article has been updated to note that there's no charge for any counselling services for all students.

Originally, the article said that all future plinths on campus were to honour Indigenous peoples. The article has been updated to reflect that only the first plinth was to honour indigenous peoples. Future plinths will commemorate others who have made a significant and noteworthy contribution to the university.

This article originally stated that the traditional “hickey party” practiced by Con Ed Teaches was banned last year by the Senate Orientation Activities Review Board (SOARB). Rather, the SOARB co-chairs at the time encouraged the Con-Ed Orientation Executive to work with the Faculty of Education to hopefully phase the event out.

A previous version of this article stated that the AMS was changing their position on Fall Term Break from the option selected by students. It is in fact the Fall Break Task Force, a body constitued by the University Senate that will make the recomendation of option two to the Principal, not the AMS. According to informaiton provided by AMS President Tyler Lively after publication, as a member of the Task Force, he lobbied for students' choice of option one and this will be noted in the final report of the Task Force.

The sentence "Think of this in the context that out of a class of 15 that I grew up with, only 12 graduated", should have read "Think of this in the context that out of a class of 15 that I grew up with, 12 didn't graduate."

According to a clarification provided by Queen's Communications after publication, the professor of the course is not being investigated however any students who are found to have breached the Smith Academic Integrity Policy may face sanctions impacting their grade. This article has been updated to reflect this information.

A previous version of this article stated that the agreement would allow students from both universities to study at the other. Currently, the agreement does not include the transfer of Queen’s students to CUD.

A previous version of this article stated that PSAC 901’s displeasure with the collective bargaining process was linked to the fact only 10 of 200 postdocs on campus would see wage increases under the agreement Queen’s had proposed and that the vote percentage was 92 per cent. This information was from a previous dispute in 2013, not the current agreement.

Principal Woolf said the issue of student representation on SONAM would be brought up at the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Non-Academic Misconduct (ACNAM), not the Senate Committee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD).

AMS Vice President (Operations) Kyle Beaudry said a retroactive fee would be used to fund the JDUC long-term plan, not the JDUC revitalization currently underway. The JDUC revitalization project is funded by student fees originally gathered for phases 2 and 3 of the Queen's Centre project.

The review of barriers to external applicants began in summer, not as a response to resignations later in the year. The fall resignations did, however, prompt the AMS to conduct position reviews and make changes to the organization's structure, including splitting the Commission of Internal Affairs into three separate offices. The section "AMS recruitment" has been edited to remove inaccurate information.

The Journal did not explicitly request an ownership breakdown of the Isabel. -A graphic was removed because the information presented was incomplete.-Stephen Trivieri's film is called To The Bader, not To the Isabel.

This article's description of the Aboriginal Admissions policy was originally missing a word. The policy lowers the competitive minimum university admission average to 75 per cent, not the minimum university admission average.

A version of this story uploaded on Friday, March 4 did not reflect a headline written in final edits. The article has now been updated to reflect the final version of this story as it appeared in print.

A version of this story uploaded on Friday, March 4 did not reflect a headline written in final edits. The article has now been updated to reflect the final version of this story as it appeared in print.

The HML waited six years, not 12, to receive their first flexible screen from the U.S. military.

The Journal regrets the error.

February 29, 2016

Dr. Roel Vertegaal said the video of the phone received two to three orders of magnitude more likes than he's received on Facebook before (meaning a hundred to a thousand times more), not two or three more likes than he's received before.The article has been edited to state that it received a "hundred to a thousand times more likes" for clarity.

The HML waited six years, not 12, to receive their first flexible screen from the U.S. military.

The Journal regrets the error.

February 29, 2016

Dr. Roel Vertegaal said the video of the phone received two to three orders of magnitude more likes than he's received on Facebook before (meaning a hundred to a thousand times more), not two or three more likes than he's received before.The article has been edited to state that it received a "hundred to a thousand times more likes" for clarity.

This article has been modified to clarify that Kasa-vubu is the only black female varsity athlete on a varsity team. Varsity teams do not include varsity clubs, though members of both are considered varsity athletes.

Around 17 per cent of NAD cases since May 1, 2015 involved the intervention of Student Constables, not a quarter of cases. The original version of this article included a case from April 1, which does not fall within the date range.

This article incorrectly used the pronoun "she" to attribute a quote to Cam Yung. The article has been edited to clarify that it was Yung, not Julia Fulton, who said survivors of sexual assault and students with mental health issues should receive academic accommodation.

The final paragraph of this article was unclear. The Assembly voted to place a question regarding a $1 increase to the Queen's Student Constable (QSC) fee on the referendum ballot, not to pass the fee itself.

This article incorrectly stated the logistics of the fall reading week proposal in the AMS survey.

The proposed reading break would consist of a 2-day break in November, which would shorten Faculty Orientation by one day and place two instructional days on Thursday and Friday during Orientation Week. It would not, as this article stated previously, extend instructional days from 59 to 61 in the fall semester or reduce the amount of days dedicated to Orientation Week and the pre-exam period in December. Those details belong to an earlier SCAP proposal.

While The Journal was unable to reach Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Science Susan Mumm and the department heads for Sociology, Global Development Studies, Political Studies, English Language and Literature and Gender Studies for comment, those individuals weren't contacted directly. Instead, Queen's Communications — which received the initial request — passed the request to the Faculty of Arts and Science, which was unable to respond by deadline.

The Journal regrets the error.

January 11, 2016

This article misspelled the last name of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her name is Mumm, not Munn.

While The Journal was unable to reach Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Science Susan Mumm and the department heads for Sociology, Global Development Studies, Political Studies, English Language and Literature and Gender Studies for comment, those individuals weren't contacted directly. Instead, Queen's Communications — which received the initial request — passed the request to the Faculty of Arts and Science, which was unable to respond by deadline.

The Journal regrets the error.

January 11, 2016

This article misspelled the last name of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her name is Mumm, not Munn.

While Lipworth did say the bouncer at Ale House didn’t offer any assistance and didn’t take down her name, she also didn't explicitly ask for assistance. Unclear information appeared in the Dec. 3 issue of The Journal.

This article has been edited to clarify that alternative options were never presented to affected students until the decision to nullify the referendum had been made, but they were presented to AMS assembly in closed session.

The roles of the Department of Political Studies and the Departmental Student Council (DSC) were unclear in the original article. The issues were brought to a Departmental Meeting, not to the DSC, and the Equity Issues Committee was aware of it before the Department, not before the DSC.

Rachel is one of the two second-year representatives for the Political Studies DSC, not the representative for the Political Studies DSC.

A version of this story uploaded on Friday, Nov. 20 did not reflect a headline written in final edits. The article has now been updated to reflect the final version of this story as it appeared in print.

A version of this story uploaded on Friday, Nov. 20 did not reflect several small changes made in final edits, including the replacement of the word "firings" with "dismissals" to better describe events at the castle. The article has now been updated to reflect the final version of this story as it appeared in print.

A version of this story uploaded on Friday, Nov. 20 did not reflect several small changes made in final edits, including the replacement of the word "firings" with "dismissals" to better describe events at the castle. The article has now been updated to reflect the final version of this story as it appeared in print.

While PPS Director John Witjes didn't state whether the new janitorial positions were part-time or full-time in his email statement, he was not directly asked to confirm the hours for the positions. The article has been amended to clarify.

The Journal regrets the error.

November 7, 2015

A previous version of this article stated that Caroline Davis "said she urges caution about reckless spending". While she said the university must "carefully contain its costs", she did not mention "reckless spending". The article has been amended to correct the error.

While PPS Director John Witjes didn't state whether the new janitorial positions were part-time or full-time in his email statement, he was not directly asked to confirm the hours for the positions. The article has been amended to clarify.

The Journal regrets the error.

November 7, 2015

A previous version of this article stated that Caroline Davis "said she urges caution about reckless spending". While she said the university must "carefully contain its costs", she did not mention "reckless spending". The article has been amended to correct the error.

The planned tax cut for the middle income tax bracket would save an individual earning $49,277 approximately $68.65, not $670 as was originally stated in this opinion piece. This is because the tax rate of 22 per cent is applied to the income an individual earns over $44,701 (and less than $89,401), not to their total income.

The following article has been corrected to reflect that the deadline for voting in your home riding has passed. It was also edited to clarify that three pieces of ID are not needed for voting, and that library cards and students cards cannot be used to prove your Kingston address unless they contain the address.

The original headline and sub-headline for this article were misleading. The School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences has requested that admissions be temporarily suspended, but the final decision by Faculty Board has yet to be made.

This article has been updated to reflect the following corrections: Childcare in Kingston costs $1,200 per month, not $12,000. Incorrect information appeared in March 21 issue of the Journal. The Journal regrets the error.

This article has been updated to reflect the following corrections: The former editor in chief of the Tartan is John Whittaker, not Nikolas Lopez. All comments made by Lopez were actually said by Whittaker. Incorrect information appeared in the Feb. 28 issue of the Journal.

One of the photos in this article was removed after The Journal received a complaint about the accuracy of the quote. The Journal was unable to verify the quote and has elected to remove the photo and caption.

This article has been edited to correct the spelling of Matthew Scribner's name and to add that Scribner works for PSAC local 901 - a detail omitted during initial publication. The Journal regrets the errors.

This article has been updated to reflect the following clarification: The NOPIRG campaign was not officially endorsed by the Queen’s University Conservative Association. Unclear information appeared in the Oct. 25th issue of the Journal.

Students in POLS 241 were not discouraged or prevented from contacting their TAs; TAs were not instructed to avoid answering student queries over email. They were only encouraged to avoid answering those requiring lengthy answers over email, as these answers could be provided in the tutorial setting where they could be beneficial to other students. This policy was unrelated to the original experiment on anonymity; TAs were never instructed to avoid interacting with students.